Can someone please explain to me why distance swimmers are encouraged NOT to lift weights, or too much weight?
I've read the "do nots" but no one explains the "whys".
Help!
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Well I would say, if you are in a spefic sport. That you use your wght training to enhance that sport. You may have to attack your mucsles from a different angle. Just say you are doing tennis , you would not train like a boxer. Of course some excerises may seem the same , but you may adjust from light weight to amore heavier weight. Or a combition of excerises. I found that if you do pulled down lat work it helps in swimming. Or any excerise that requires pulling from over head to chest and down.
Well I would say, if you are in a spefic sport. That you use your wght training to enhance that sport. You may have to attack your mucsles from a different angle. Just say you are doing tennis , you would not train like a boxer. Of course some excerises may seem the same , but you may adjust from light weight to amore heavier weight. Or a combition of excerises. I found that if you do pulled down lat work it helps in swimming. Or any excerise that requires pulling from over head to chest and down.
